Improvement in mangers



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Letters Patent No. 103,956, (lated finie T', 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANGERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all cliom. lit may concern.-

Be it known that`I, .0HEsT ER E,-ALIinIGttrr,-f of'A Sylvania, have invented a new vandIuse-ful Improvement in Mangers; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked'thereon.

The nature of my invention consists- First, in locating and arranging the hay-man ger and; grain-feeding box side by side ,between two parallel partition-walls across the front of the` stall, and providing a vertical rack in the s lde of the hay manger facing the grain-boig through which rack the horse draws hishay.

Second,-in providing said'hav-manger with a grated bottom, not lower than the bottom of 4the grain-box, with a space below said grated bottom, into which any loose dirt in the hay will fall as the horse feeds.

Thind, in so hanging said vertical feeding-rack by hinges at its upper e'nd that itwill easily swing-inward toward. the hay in the manger on pressure beiiig ap-y plied to the opposite side", and will auton'iatically.re-v sume its vertical .position when the pressure is removed.

Fourth, -in providing the hay-manger with a'lnovable! hinged back, which, by means of a spriug,.or a pulley and weight, will press the 'hay forward againstl the feeding-rack.

Iufeeding from mangers as usuallyconstructed, the horse wastes a considerable portion of his grain by moving bis head from side to side,` beyoiid the edge of the grain-box or trough, while feeding, and so droppingr aportion of the grain onthe'loor, or out-side ofthe feeding-box or trough. Iumy arrangement, however, the grain feeding-box is surrounded onthree sides by vertical walls rising to the top of the stall, so that the horse cannot move his head in front or on either side beyond the edge ot' the'grain-hoq'and cannot well4 the open side next to him without stepping back in the stall, which he is not liable to do while feeding, and therefore any grain that may fall from the horse-s mouth will drop back into the grain-box.

In feeding from an inclined rack, locatedin f ront of him, in the usual manner, the horse not only has to stretch out his head into an unnatural and uncomfortable position, but all the loose dirt and seed are drawn through the rack, and that which is not eatcn'by the horse with his hay falls down into his mane and fills the atmosphere which he breathes with a line dust very injurious to his health.

In a manger constructed and arranged according to my invention, however, the horse draws his hay from the rack by simply turning his head to one side, which he does easiiy,and most ofthe loose dirt and seed will fall through the grated bottom of the hay-manger, into a'space or-"leccptacle below it, while even that which may be drawn through therack with the hay can no Money', inthe county ofLuvcomixig and vState of Penn-v part of itifall upon the horse and foul'his maine.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a vic-w of t-wo stalls, as scen from a point directly in their rear, and shows the partition walt',

which divides the hay-mangels and grain-feeding boxes from the stalls.

z Figure 2 is a similar view of the back wall, which incloses the hay-mangelsand grain-boxes, the front wall being removed to show thevinteri'or structure.

Figure 3 is' a view of said back wall, as seen from the room infront of the stalls. v

Figure 4 is a view, from above, of the floor which covers the hay-manger and grain-box.

Figure 5 is a side view of a section on linexx, fig. l.'

Two modifications' of my invention are represented in thel drawing, 0ne ofA which is shown in the stall marked' A, and theother in the stall marked B. In

saidstall A, sundry devices are shown, not absolutely ,neeessary to secure what I deem the main advantages of my invention.

I will firstprocccd todcscribe the modification shown adjoiningroom in front ofthe stalls;

E is the fnain-fccdinfr box shown bv dotted lilies inl n a 7 u iig. 1;

E' is a spout through which grain maybe deposited in the feeding-box from the iinor above,- tln'ough the aperture shown at c, iig. 4.;

v F tlie hay-manger;

1*", a hanging-rack or grated door hinged, at its top,

to the back partition wall, and opening by swinging inward, to admit of hay heilig fcd into thc manger from an adjoining room, and to prevent the hay from falling out at said ol'rening when i'cd -down from the floor above; and

f, iig. 4, is an opening in the floor above to admit of hay being fed down from said floor into the manger.

G is a grated bottom of the hay-manger, on a level with or not below the bottom ofthe grain-box.

G is a grated swinging back of the hay-manger,

hinged at the top, and is kept pressed up against the hay by means of a spring, g, or by a pulley and weight. fj-1 q1 are holes through the partition-walls, through which a cross-bar may be inserted, to limit the tbl-ward movement ofthe swinging back G', and the backward movement of the feeding-rack H.

Across said swinging back another crossfbar, g2,

attached to it, one end of which protrudes through a curved slot, y, in the back wall, and may be heldv in ditierent positions by a pa'wl, g".

II, fig. 5, is the rack through which the horse feeds. It is vertical, has bars running crosswise, and is located atonc side of the grain-box, facing the same.

It is hung'by hinges, h, at the top, so'that it will easily swing inward towardthe hay in the manger by pressure on the other side, and is so hinged that it will, by its own weight, swing back to a vertical position when the pressure is removed, or .it maybe made to resume its vertical position by means of a springer pulley and weight. This enables the horse, in feeding, to push the rack back against the hay, it' necessary to reach it, and, as the rack maintains its vertical positionl when not so pushed back, it prevents the horse, while eating his grain, from dropping any of it over the hay-manger.

' 'Ihe lnoditication shown install B'is, in all respects,

like that above described, except that the back of the hay-iriauger G and the feeding-rack H are both perniancntly iixed in position, and not hinged. V

In e-aeh inodiieation there is aspace, K, under Athe hay-manger, into which any seed or dirt falling from the hay as the horse feeds will fall. By this arrangement, the horse in feeding not onlysifts or screens his "own hay, but the seed, instead offalling down Vinto his -mane and upon the stable floor, is saved for any use to which it may be applicable. f

Itis important that the grated bottom ot' t-he haynianger should be at least as high as the bottom of the grain-begibt' other-wise it would become covered with ha)Y which the horse'in feeding would not move,

and which would prevent the dirt and seed from falling through the grated bottom.

rack dH is made solid or close like a door7 the slatted portion extending up only as high as a point from which it will be convenient for the horse to feed. lhis I deem important, as, if open or slatted all the way to the top, more or less d'irt and seed would be liable to fall down and lodge in the horses mane.

Having thus fully described my invention, and the -several modes of carrying it into effect,

IX hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The arrangement of the hay-man ger and grainfeeding box side by side, as described, incombiua'tion with a vertical feeding-rack in that side-of the haymanger facing the grain-box, substantially as herein set forth..

2. The grated or slatted bottom ofthe hay-manger, located on or above a level with the bottom of the grain-box, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The vertical hinged feeding-rack, substantially as and for the purpose described. v

4. rlhe movable hinged back Vof the hay-manger G', substantially as and for the purpose set. forth. p

5. In combination with allay-manger provided with openings to feed in from au adjoining' room or from the Hoor abovc,'the swinging door If", substantially as and for the purposedescribed. f Y

Witnesses: CHESTER E.

Jos. L. Coomss, J. J. Comms.

ALBRIGHT.

It will be seen that the upper part of the'feeding" 

